In Cincinnati, Dr. Ludwig "Louis" Rehfuss, a German immigrant who was a medical doctor, set up the first Christmas tree in the early 19th century, Don Heinrich Tolzmann t old The Cincinnati ...

The tradition of keeping a Christmas Tree in the home is relatively new, but incorporating trees into ceremonies is one that spans thousands of years.

The origins of Christmas trees range from the use of evergreens in ancient Egypt and Rome to the German tradition of candlelit trees that made its way to America in the 1800s.

According to History.com, the German settlers began putting up community trees in Pennsylvania in 1747, but the first recorded Christmas tree display was in the 1830s.